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  1. Core Server
  2. SERVER-18966

Allow exclusion in $project stage of aggregation pipeline

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    • Minor Change
    • Query 11 (03/14/16), Query 12 (04/04/16), Query 13 (04/22/16), Query 14 (05/13/16), Query 15 (06/03/16), Query 16 (06/24/16)

    Description

      There is currently no way to easily specify that project stage keep all fields except for a particular one (with exception of _id).

      This can be helpful to limit the amount of data returned when some aggregation also needs to be done.

      Examples

      // Exclude a single field.
      		 
      > db.example.insert([
      		 
        {_id: 0, a: 1}
      		 
      ]);
      		 
      > db.example.aggregate([{$project: {a: 0}}])
      		 
      {_id: 0}
      		 
      > db.example.aggregate([{$project: {a: false}}])  // Means the same thing as above.
      		 
      {_id: 0}
      		 
       
      		 
      // Exclude a nested field.
      		 
      > db.example.drop()
      		 
      > db.example.insert([
      		 
        {_id: 0, a: {b: 1, c: 1}}
      		 
      ]);
      		 
      > db.example.aggregate([{$project: {'a.b': 0}}])
      		 
      {_id: 0, a: {c: 1}}
      		 
      > db.example.aggregate([{$project: {a: {b: 0}}}])  // Means the same thing as above.
      		 
      {_id: 0, a: {c: 1}}
      		 
       
      		 
      // Exclude a nested field from an array.
      		 
      > db.example.drop()
      		 
      > db.example.insert([
      		 
        {_id: 0, a: [{b: 1, c: 1}, {b: 2, c: 2}]}
      		 
      ]);
      		 
      > db.example.aggregate([{$project: {'a.b': 0}}])
      		 
      {_id: 0, a: [{c: 1}, {c: 2}]}
      		 
      > db.example.aggregate([{$project: {a: {b: 0}}}])  // Means the same thing as above.
      		 
      {_id: 0, a: [{c: 1}, {c: 2}]}

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            charlie.swanson@mongodb.com Charlie Swanson
            asya.kamsky@mongodb.com Asya Kamsky
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